Quote by Joseph Addison
That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel? – Joseph Addison

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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts old age is slow in both. – Joseph Addison

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